August 2011
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Rupert Murdoch’s WSJs Curious Attack Against... →
British ex-pat writer Holly Finn launches attack on what she calls a dead end cult: “Infantilization, especially in groups (is) at worst, destructive, as we saw in the London riots…Real creativity has nothing to do with antics in the desert…Groups can be great—for dodgeball, dinner, barn-raising. But innovative ideas come from individuals” a much more balanced account of the festival...
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The Job (Steve) Jobs Did →
“When the Macintosh was introduced, Steve Jobs became something of a pariah in the graphic design world. Apple ran a TV commercial that introduced the world to graphic designers, and in the next breath said that, because of the Macintosh, they were obsolete. Designers were so miffed, as I recall, that they denied Apple a design leadership award by the Art Directors Club for a few years...
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An Animated Gif Mashup and Explosion →
“Unofficial Watch The Throne Video (Jay-Z & Kanye West). The result of spending one afternoon in a loft in St. Petersburg with a group of people listening to rap music and surfing Russian websites for animated gifs. The event was hosted by International Art-Forum St. Petersburg and created using Animated Gif Mashup (source code available here). Documentation of the screening is here...
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The Village People's 'Y.M.C.A.' Could Redefine... →
“Victor Willis, the original lead singer of the group, filed papers this year to regain control in 2013 over his share of [the disco anthem and the group’s other songs] under a copyright provision that returns ownership of creative works to recording artists and songwriters after 35 years. His claim … is being contested by two companies that administer publishing rights to the...
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Ecstacy - A New Cure For Cancer? →
“Newly-published research from scientists at the University of Birmingham shows significant success in “redesigning the designer drug” for potential use as a cancer-killing agent in the treatment of leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.”
